In the concluding seminar, guest speaker Martijn Kolenbrander, the European sales manager of IQinVision, presented a lecture on the development and advantages of megapixel quality surveillance cameras. According to Kolenbrander, the leap in image resolution, while being a huge benefit in security solutions, is only one of the significant advantages provided by the developments in camera technology. As another important development line, Kolenbrander introduced camera-bound intelligence, which enables the creation of camera-based applications such as internal LPR (license plate recognition) software or automatic light sensitivity control, the latter of which allows the camera to function perfectly regardless of the time or lighting conditions.

"The advantages provided by megapixel surveillance cameras are unarguable. The difference in image quality compared to lower resolution IP cameras or analog cameras is immense, and the larger images frames enable the creation of wide scope surveillance solutions with less cameras - thus actually reducing the costs compared to analog or low end IP cameras" comments Kim Långström, sales director at Mirasys Ltd.

The digital surveillance solutions developed by Mirasys support security cameras ranging from basic analog cameras to the newest megapixel cameras. The scalability of Mirasys' solutions enables the simultaneous use of analog and megapixel quality devices in a single surveillance system, as well as the gradual updating of surveillance systems as technology evolves. A single surveillance system can consist of thousands of surveillance cameras and auxiliary devices such as microphones, VoIP devices, text channels and electric locks.

"The transition to megapixel technology does not happen all at once. Instead, it will be the culmination of a long process," Långström adds. "In many cases, a megapixel quality surveillance solution can be built on an already existing surveillance infrastructure, which lowers the transition costs considerably and enables a gradual and measured transition to new technology."